Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle

When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself

There is an old-time toast which is golden for its beauty. "When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend.

None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen, or half its cussedness; but we can try

Lord save us all from... a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.